Portrait

For the next few days, Scorpionkiss and I will be spending our mornings in Mu'iz Street, one of my favourite streets in all of Cairo.

There is something overwhelming about this place, with it's cobblestone streets, shop sellers tossing buckets of water onto the ground watching it trickle between the stones. They say it's to cool the air, but really, all it does is make it feel more humid than it already is.

And it struck me today, walking through these hot, humid streets, the sun merciless this morning, how I truly live in two worlds.

Last night, I sat in a fancy Turkish restaurant in a newly opened hotel in Garden City with valet parking and gourmet courses of minuscule portions, covered with sterling silver plate covers.

And this morning, I was walking in one of the oldest neighbourhoods of this city, taking pictures of a man who offered to shine Scorpionkiss' shoes. Of course we thanked him and said no, particularly seeing as he was wearing his converse sneakers.

And there will never be any way to reconcile between those two worlds.

Older shots from Mu'iz Street:

Street scene
Prayer
And more prayer